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Behind the backboard: the truth about life overseas

There are currently 6778 ex-college players, who play 2017-18 season overseas*the number is for both men and women players, who play outside of the U.S. (updated on 3/15/2018) Check Detailed list by College or by country

The world cup for women started last saturday with a great participance of the exciting games of Turkey as the host nation.
As the championship goes on, the number of spectators are not increasing despite the promising games except for the host nation.
Despite the fact that there is no spectator information on the website of Fiba its becomes obvious from the TV as well as the photos from the press releases that the games are not well visited[read more]

The world cup for women started last saturday with a great participance of the exciting games of Turkey as the host nation.

As the championship goes on, the number of spectators are not increasing despite the promising games except for the host nation.

Despite the fact that there is no spectator information on the website of Fiba its becomes obvious from the TV as well as the photos from the press releases that the games are not well visited.

A promising game in Istanbul between the Worlds #1 Team USA vs. World #8 China has been watched by several hundreds of spectators whereas a game of Belarus vs. Cuba ending with the exciting comeback of the European side grabbing the win by 1 (70-69) idid not have a better number of viewers.

As the Turkish star Nevriye Yilmaz says " We were pretty excited to play in such an atmosphere in Ankara as our fans filled the whole arena acting as a pushing force for us. But I am worried about the games in Istanbul and not sure if we will have that many supporters".

The championship had a day off on Monday and is continuing with the last group games on Tuesday as many teams are not losing their hopes to play in front of more fans.

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